Nakharar

Nakharar (Armenian: նախարար naxarar, from Parthian naxvadār "holder of the primacy"^[5]^[6]) was a hereditary title of the highest order given to houses of the ancient and medieval Armenian nobility.

^ Armenia: Art, Religion, and Trade in the Middle Ages. Metropolitan Museum of Art – MetPublications. 2018. p. 104.
^ Mathews, Thomas F .; Taylor, Alice (2001). The Armenian Gospel S of Gladzor The Life of Christ Illuminated (PDF). The J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles. p. 22. ISBN 0892366265. The Armenian brothers Ivane and Zak'are served the Georgian Queen Tamar (reigned 1184–1213). Rising to the heights of the Georgian army and court, they achieved for themselves the status of a nakharar family, called the Zak'arians, in honor of Zak'are. Queen T'amar gave the Zak'arians control of almost all her Armenian territories, including the former Armenian capital Ani. The Zak'arians established their own vassals, comprising both surviving nakharars and new men – from among their own Armenian generals – raised to nakharar status, each with smaller territories as their own fiefs. Among the new nakharars was the Proshian clan, who were particularly important for the history of the Gladzor Gospels.
^ Armenia: Art, Religion, and Trade in the Middle Ages. MetPublications – Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2018. pp. 104–105.
^ "Hermitage hall 63".
^ Chaumont 1986.
^ Ačaṙyan 1977.

[1] Armenia: Art, Religion, and Trade in the Middle Ages. Metropolitan Museum of Art – MetPublications. 2018. p. 104.

[TFM22-2] Mathews, Thomas F .; Taylor, Alice (2001). The Armenian Gospel S of Gladzor The Life of Christ Illuminated (PDF). The J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles. p. 22. ISBN 0892366265. The Armenian brothers Ivane and Zak'are served the Georgian Queen Tamar (reigned 1184–1213). Rising to the heights of the Georgian army and court, they achieved for themselves the status of a nakharar family, called the Zak'arians, in honor of Zak'are. Queen T'amar gave the Zak'arians control of almost all her Armenian territories, including the former Armenian capital Ani. The Zak'arians established their own vassals, comprising both surviving nakharars and new men – from among their own Armenian generals – raised to nakharar status, each with smaller territories as their own fiefs. Among the new nakharars was the Proshian clan, who were particularly important for the history of the Gladzor Gospels.

[MET-3] Armenia: Art, Religion, and Trade in the Middle Ages. MetPublications – Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2018. pp. 104–105.

[4] "Hermitage hall 63".

[FOOTNOTEChaumont1986-5] Chaumont 1986.

[FOOTNOTEAčaṙyan1977-6] Ačaṙyan 1977.

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